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The park is
located on the Central
Kenya, 140km north-west of Nairobi, in Nakuru District of the Rift
Valley Province. It covers an area of 188 km2.Lake Nakuru is a very
shallow strongly alkaline lake 62 km2 in extent. It is set in a
picturesque landscape of surrounding woodland and grassland next to
Nakuru town. The landscape includes areas of marsh and grasslands
alternating with rocky cliffs and outcrops, stretches of acacia
woodland and rocky hillsides covered with a Euphorbia forest on the
eastern perimeter.
The lake catchment
is bounded by Menengai crater to the north, the Bahati hills to the
north east, the lion hill ranges to the east, eburu crater to the
south and the manu escarpment to the west. Three major rivers, the
njoro, makalia and enderit drain into the lake, together with treated
water from the town's sewage works and the outflow from several
springs along the shore.
The foundation of the parks food chains is the
cyanophyte spirulina platensis which can support huge numbers of
lesser-flamingo.
Wildlife; Aardwolf, Ant Bear, Baboon, Bat
species, Cheetah, Civet, African, Colobus, Black and White Rhinos,
Dik-dik, Hunting Dog, Duiker, Bush, Eland, Bat-eared Fox, Gazelle,
Grant's, Gazelle Thomson, Genets, Rothschild's Giraffe, African Hare,
Hippopotamus, Spotted Hyena, Hyrax, Impala, Jackals, Klipspringer,
Leopard, Lion, Mongoose, Vervet Monkey, Pangolin, Ratel, Reedbuck,
Reedbuck, Chanler's Black; Rhinoceros; Serval; Elephant; Steinbok;
Waterbuck, Zebra, Common.
Birds; Flamingo (Lesser and Greater),
Egyptian goose, Great white pelican, Cattle egret, Blacksmith plover,
Great white egret, Sacred ibis, Hammerkop, Sandpipers, Black winged
stilt, Grey heron, Yellow billed stork, Little Grebe, Great cormorant,
Hadada ibis, King fishers, African spoonbill, Green shank, African
snipe, African Jacana, African fish-eagle, Marabou
stork, Tawny eagle, European roller, Ox peckers, Bee eaters, Secretary
bird, Ground hornbill, Ostrich, Augur buzzard, Martial eagle, Kori
bustard, Fiscal shrike, Drongo, Starling, Guinea-fowls.
Accommodation;
Lake Nakuru
lodge & Sarova Lion Hill Lodge and Enjoro campsite. |
